雅思搞笑故事 11：TFNG做了一百道，我开始用TRUE/FALSE判断女朋友的每句话
雅思阅读里最折磨人的，不是同义词替换，是NOT GIVEN。
TRUE和FALSE好歹有个对错。NOT GIVEN最坑——原文没说，你就不能瞎猜。
我刷了一百道TFNG之后，这套思维长进了我的感情里。
那天女朋友发消息："我今天没生气。"
我立刻在脑子里划关键词。题干："今天""没生气"。
回原文——也就是她今天的朋友圈、她说话的语气、她发的表情包——找依据。
她朋友圈发了一句："有些人就是不知道自己错在哪。"
没有明确说"我在生气"。也没有明确说"我没生气"。
我犹豫了。这到底是TRUE还是NOT GIVEN？
不对。她明确说了"我没生气"。原文（她的话）直接陈述。那应该是TRUE？
但"有些人不知道自己错在哪"这句话，是不是暗示她在生气？
不行。雅思规则：不能推断。只能用原文明确信息。
我回复："NOT GIVEN。"
她秒回："什么？"
"原文只说'有些人不知道自己错在哪'，没有明确说明你是否在生气，"我解释道，"所以我无法判断你到底生没生气。"
对话框显示"对方正在输入……"持续了很久。
最后她发来一句："我睡了。"
我又开始分析。题干："睡了"。
回原文：现在晚上九点。她平时十二点才睡。
"九点就睡了"和"十二点才睡"直接矛盾。所以是FALSE。
我回复："FALSE。你平时十二点才睡，九点睡和原文矛盾。"
这次她没回。
第二天见面，她沉着脸。"你昨天什么毛病？"
我刚想解释，她又说："我今天不想跟你说话。"
我下意识判断：TRUE。她确实沉着脸，原文支持。
但我嘴上说的是："TRUE。"
她愣了。"你说什么？"
"你说你不想跟我说话，从你现在的表情判断，这是TRUE。"
她深吸一口气。"我没生气。"
我已经学乖了。"NOT GIVEN。"
"我是真的没生气。"
"原文和题干之间没有明确的逻辑关系，我无法判断。"
她盯着我看了十秒。然后她做了一件事——她笑了。
"你是不是考雅思考傻了？"
我点点头。
她叹了口气，挽住我的胳膊。"行吧。那我问你：你爱不爱我？"
这个问题太致命了。我必须找原文依据。
回原文——我们在一起三年的所有记忆。她生病我陪夜，她加班我送伞，她随口说想吃什么我第二天就排队买。
原文明确支持。
"TRUE。"我说。
她笑了，靠在我肩上。"那我也TRUE。"
那天晚上我想明白了：TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN能判卷子，但判不了人心。人心最可怕的地方在于——你永远不知道她那句"我没生气"，到底是TRUE，还是FALSE，还是NOT GIVEN。
——雅思教我在三个选项里选一个，但女朋友的话，从来都是四个选项：TRUE、FALSE、NOT GIVEN，以及"你完了"。
English Version
The most tormenting thing in IELTS reading isn't synonym replacement. It's NOT GIVEN.
TRUE and FALSE at least give you right or wrong. NOT GIVEN is the trap — if the text doesn't say it, you can't guess.
After a hundred TFNG questions, this way of thinking moved into my relationship.
That day my girlfriend texted: "I'm not angry today."
I immediately highlighted keywords in my head. Statement: "today," "not angry."
Locate the source text — her朋友圈 posts, her tone, the emojis she sent — and find evidence.
She'd posted: "Some people just don't know what they did wrong."
It didn't explicitly say "I'm angry." It didn't explicitly say "I'm not angry" either.
I hesitated. Was this TRUE or NOT GIVEN?
Wait. She explicitly said "I'm not angry." The source (her words) stated it directly. So it should be TRUE?
But "some people don't know what they did wrong" — did that imply she was angry?
No. IELTS rules: no inference. Only explicit information.
I replied: "NOT GIVEN."
She texted back instantly: "What?"
"The source text only says 'some people don't know what they did wrong.' It doesn't explicitly state whether you're angry or not," I explained. "So I can't determine whether you're angry."
The chat bubble showed "typing..." for a long time.
Finally she sent: "I'm going to sleep."
I started analyzing again. Statement: "going to sleep."
Source text: it was 9 p.m. She usually doesn't sleep until midnight.
"Sleeping at nine" directly contradicted "sleeping at twelve." So that was FALSE.
I replied: "FALSE. You usually sleep at midnight. Sleeping at nine contradicts the source."
She didn't text back.
We met the next day. Her face was dark. "What was wrong with you yesterday?"
I was about to explain when she said, "I don't want to talk to you today."
I automatically judged: TRUE. Her face confirmed it.
But what came out of my mouth was: "TRUE."
She froze. "What did you say?"
"You said you don't want to talk to me. Judging from your expression, that's TRUE."
She took a deep breath. "I'm not angry."
I'd learned my lesson. "NOT GIVEN."
"I'm really not angry."
"There's no explicit logical connection between the source and the statement. I cannot judge."
She stared at me for ten seconds. Then she did something — she laughed.
"Have you lost your mind over this exam?"
I nodded.
She sighed and linked her arm through mine. "Fine. Let me ask you: do you love me?"
This question was lethal. I had to find source evidence.
Source text — three years of memories. I sat up with her when she was sick. I brought her an umbrella when she worked late. She casually mentioned craving something, and the next day I was already in line to buy it.
The source clearly supported it.
"TRUE," I said.
She smiled and leaned on my shoulder. "Then me too. TRUE."
That night I realized: TRUE/FALSE/NOT GIVEN can grade an answer sheet, but it can't grade a heart. The scariest thing about a person is — you'll never know whether her "I'm not angry" is TRUE, FALSE, or NOT GIVEN.
— IELTS taught me to pick one of three options. But my girlfriend's words always come with a fourth: TRUE, FALSE, NOT GIVEN, and "you're dead."
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